Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-16

+ bbery, which ia successful daring rlysl
any incident of the kind that has Cccurre
10 the sou bwest for some time, was com.
mitted near station called Genoa on th,
s.. Louis, Arkansas and Texas, known
as the Cotton Belt Railroad, eight mile.
east Il this city last night, at s o'clock
The particulars, as they are gathered frou
8 rsiiroad 81 ;ial, are IS follows: The
est bound passenger train left this poinr
st O'Clock last night on time. When
the train reached Geroa station and
halted man
CLIMBED ON THE Engine
and ordered the engineer 10 pull out.
Another man at the same time u unto d
the platform in front Of the express csr
ard held the bell rope so that !tnere could
be no signaling by the conductor Under
me orders of the highwaymen the en-
gineer increased to a frightful rate until
point YVES reached that mad beeu Sc
lected to complete the robbery. Here q
third man appeared on the scene of action
snd the three robbers fred voley after
volley into me express car, bur falnIg TO
|
! engineer
AT TIE MUZzLE OF A PISTOL
to use his coal,cuttie in batLeiiug in the
DIOR, After portion CT The d Ior WAS
battered ia the hig0 @symen forc-d the
fireman to spproach the breach made and
place lantern on the inside Of the tx
press car. The express agent, Mr. Cohen,
was thus forced to open the door Of his Car
md ,h..kr, t1x1S -.
Express Compan,'S safe. Tha loss BY
ne express company, in large packages.
IS supposed TO De about SIS 60), ony
portion OF which was noaey. Seyera!
large sacks Of silver were
PART OF TEE DOODLE.
Though the train Was delayed fOrty-fivf
minutes neither the mail nor passengers
were mnles,ed. The traIa returned t.
this city and great excitement prevailed.
posse was organ Z d during the night
sod started ouL On the trail OF the roo
htrs end secured the country around
Just before day this m JIn)ng they en-
cuuntered three men supposed to ne the
outlaws. A short skim ST ensued, but
the supposed robbers escaped, leaving
behind them their WaterproUfs and hat
rnis morning it is reported tina,
blood was found freely strewn
along the route the robbers to,
when they lefs toe battle field. Several
posses were organized this morning, VIII
have not up to this hour been heard from
Several arrests have been made on sus
p'cion but no developments as yet. Il is
the general impression thet the guilty
parties live in this vicinity.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
LITTLE ROCK. ARK Dec. 1o-Infor-
ma lon has just been received DeTe that o
train bounu north over the ST l. )uis, |
Arkansas aud Texas Railroad was ST. p
ped by trafn robbers ten mills this SIDE
OF Texsrksna, Ark, late last night and |
tue express Car, m.il and passengers ell |
relieved Of cash. TIE amount is not yet |
known.
PURIFIER PARTlC LARS.
LITTLE ROCK, AK D l0.-Governor |
Hughes mas just received the following |
from General superintendent Gnmsn OF |
tb. 81. Louis, Arkansas and Texas r all |
way:
TExARKASA, Dec. 10, 1887.
II. =. Hughes, Governor.
Our nUrtnoUund passenger train was
robbed about ten miles nor b of here las,
evening about o'c ock By three ma,ks d |
men. TIE express Car Was robbed. TIE
passengers aud mail were not molested
| nave started en- armed posse from here
north and from L-sdyille south. A posse
has also gone up the Iron Mouutain ~
TO Mandvi lie. The saerlf will watch the
roads leading to this place
Slgneo W.P Holman.
u vernon Hughes has off REQ $500 II
The arrest and conviction Of each rbHbrr
Tee r2ilrosd C, mp.ny has as) of re
several Thousand dol ars reward The
later is said tn reach $40 900
Gazette Pine Bluff special says the
robblng occurred al p. N yesterday,
twelve miles north of Tex.rkana on
north bound train. r J. John
son, postal clerk, says the train
WAS sUDDENI STOPPED
when moving out of Geneva station. He
saw three rough looking men ABOARD the
engine and he knew something wss
wrong so he blew out the lights in his
csr and locked the doors. The express
did the same thing. The tDre.
ohbers were armed with Winchester
if-s and couple Of pistols each. Tney
ordered the doors opened end fred sew
eral shots through the windows. They
had used pick axe and Johnson fired ONT
snot through the window which WAS an
swered by Wiley. Finding tnat resist
enCe was useless and the lives OF
the engineer and fremsn we at stake
the express messenger opened his doors,
when light was struck and the search
by the robbers began. Johnson dots no
know accurately, but thinks the robbers
must hove gotten 100000 A good deal
Of L)uisiana lottery money went up in
mall amounts. The leader of the rob-
bers
WAS MUCH AGITATKD,
aud the mail clerk told bin be was more
scared than he (Johnsou) was. Johnson
ssys he would kuow one of the men
anywhere. The leader weighs about
200 pou DIS and is thick, heavy set man,
ass very rough, big hands and feet aDo
blue eyes. The conductor opened the
door and was fred on. There was &
panic among the passengers, who
seemed paIslyzad with fear. After gut
ting the express csr they entered the
Nail car. j nnson tIpostulatei that that
was U0cle Sans domlnion and that theV
already had COED de OF Doodle, end if
hey disturbed the msils 1t would 20 hnrd
with them.
One replied "that's &C." and they
would NOT touch the mails.
Great excitement prevails in the region
If the robbery, and mounted men are
securing the country everywhere.
The offic,ais At I, awiavijla "a eonp as